But what if a user wants his/her profile picture to be visible only to certain group of people and not to everyone. Gmail picture visibility comes into play here. Below are the steps of how to set profile picture visibility so that one can control who can view the profile photo of the account.

Select “Visible to everyone” if you want anyone who sends or receives email from you can see your photo.

Step 7 :

Select “Visible only to people I can chat with” if you want only those people can see your photo who have the permission to chat with you.

Conclusion :

If you are using Gmail for official as well as other purposes then it is advised that you set the visibility of your profile photo wisely as people having official relations with you won't be interested in your personal fancy profile pic. Some other tips to make your gmail look very professional include changing your gmail username to a more decent one, Organising gmail by adding labels to gmail, Set up auto forward in gmail etc. Do give these tips a try.